hàm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ham"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːm˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haːm˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haːm˨˩]

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Etymology 1

From Late Proto-Vietic *-haːm, from Proto-Vietic *tŋ-ʔaːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[t₁]ʔaam. Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] hɐːm², Chut [Rục] təŋʔaːm¹, Halang tơ'am (“molar tooth”), Pacoh tang-am (“back teeth; bottom molars”), Danau ʔɑm¹.

Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *huːɲ (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *heːt (“finished”) (> Vietnamese hết), *hanʔ (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese hắn), *haːr (“two”) (> Vietnamese hai), *hoːj (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *hɔːŋʔ (“river, brook”), *haːŋʔ (“to open (mouth)”).

Not derived from Chinese 頷 (MC homX), OC *[ɢ]ˤ[ə]mʔ (B-S), in spite of the similar SV reading hạm.

Noun

hàm • (含, 唅, 𦛜, 咸, 㖤)

1. jaw

See also

Derived terms

• hàm ếch
• hàm răng
• quai hàm
• răng hàm

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 函.

Noun

hàm

1. Clipping of hàm số (“function”).